Ενημερωτικό Δελτίο 38 - Απρίλιος 2001

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                       HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
                           ELECTRONIC  NEWSLETTER
             NUMBER 38                               April 2001
 
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  E-mail: elaset@astro.auth.gr      WWW: http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset
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  TOPICS:
 
  1. Short News
  2. Members in new positions
  3. Job Openings
  4. Membership fees for 2001
  5. EC Funding for Access to Canarian Observatory Telescopes
  6. Upcoming Astronomy meetings in Greece
  7. About this newsletter...
  
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  1. SHORT NEWS
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    The "Best PhD of the year award" will be in the agenda of the next
  Council meeting of Hel.A.S. Please send you recommendations to the
  Secretary of Hel.A.S. as soon as possible.


  2. MEMBERS IN NEW POSITIONS
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    Mr. Dimitris Stamatellos has recently moved to the Dept. of Physics   
  and Astronomy of the University of Wales, Cardiff (UK), for his Ph.D.
  studies, after receiving his Master's degree at Rice University (USA).


  3. JOB OPENINGS
  ---------------

    A new tenured track position at the level of "Lecturer" in the
  field of "Mechanics" has opened at the Department of Physics of the
  University of Athens. The application deadline is April 30, 2001. 
  For more information contact:
	The Secretary, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Athens,
	GR-15783 Zografos (Athens), Greece,
	Tel. +30 1 7276807

    A new tenured track position at the level of "Assistant Professor"
  or "Lecturer" in the field of "Astrophysics" has opened at the
  Department of Physics of the University of Thessaloniki. The
  application deadline is May 8, 2001. 
  For more information contact:
	The Secretary, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Thessaloniki,
	GR-54006 Thessaloniki, Greece,
	Tel. +30 31 998120, Fax.  +30 31 998122

    One (possibly two) opening(s) for postdoctoral fellowship(s) as
  Resident Astronomer at THEMIS (Canary Islands), starting in June,
  2001 are availble. The appointment is initially for one year, with
  possibility of renewal. Candidates recently graduated, with PhD (or
  equivalent) in Astronomy or Physics, are encouraged to apply. For
  more details check:
			http://www.themis.iac.es/

    Deadline for the applications: April 15th, 2001

 
  4. MEMBERSHIP FEES FOR 2001
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    The annual membership fees of Hel.A.S., as set by the General
  Assembly of the Society, are:

                Ordinary Members : GRD 10000.-
                Associate Members: GRD 10000.-
                Junior Members   : GRD  5000.-

    Please contact the Treasurer of Hel.A.S., Dr. P. Niarchos,
  (phone: +30 1 7274896, e-mail: pniarcho@cc.uoa.gr) for further
  information about the status of your payment for the year 2001 and
  ways of fulfilling any financial obligations you may have.


  5. EC FUNDING FOR ACCESS TO CANARIAN OBSERVATORY TELESCOPES
  -----------------------------------------------------------

    A very interesting opportunity for researchers from Greece, who wish
  to use the telescopes at the Canary Islands (also known as European
  Northern Observatory, ENO), has become available.

    Under the auspices of the European Community's Access to Research
  Infrastructures Program, EC funding to cover travel, accommodation,
  and subsistence costs will be available to ENO observers meeting
  certain criteria of eligibility. For further details refer to:
		     http://www.otri.iac.es/eno/


  6. UPCOMING ASTRONOMY MEETINGS IN GREECE
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    The following meetings will take place in Greece in the coming
  months. Please check the corresponding web pages or contact the
  organizers by e-mail for more information.

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                     2nd Hellenic Cosmology Workshop
             National Observatory of Athens (Penteli Station)
                              19-20 April 2001
  
                      http://www.astro.noa.gr/~cosmo2
                                 or contact
              Ms. Ourania Koumentakou (ourania@astro.noa.gr)   

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                  5th Hellenic Astronomical Conference
                       Crete, 20-22 September 2001 
 
                 http://astrophysics.physics.uoc.gr/conf/
                                or contact
                  Dr. J. Ventura (ventura@physics.uoc.gr)

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                   1st Aegean Summer School on Cosmology
		      Karlovassi, 21-29 September 2001

		      http://www.physics.ntua.gr/cosmo
                                or contact
                      Dr. S. Cotsakis (skot@aegean.gr)

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                2nd Conference of Greek Amateur Astronomers
                 "Traditional Astronomy - Modern Astronomy"
                         Corfu, 27-28 October 2001

         contact persons: Mr. A. Kotinas or Mr. S. Chondrogiannis at
                  kotinas@hotmail.com or astrocorfu@hotmail.com

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  7. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
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    This Newsletter was compiled and forwarded to all Hel.A.S. members
  (200 out of 221), who can be reached electronically, by Harry
  Varvoglis and Vassilis Charmandaris.
  
    The next edition of the Newsletter will be circulated around May
  1st 2001. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures, 
  job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece) or 
  comments before April 25, 2001. All correspondence concerning the 
  Newsletter should be addressed to:
  
                         elaset@astro.auth.gr
  
    If you do not wish to receive future issues of this Newsletter or the
  e-mail address to which it was sent is not your preferred one, please 
  let us know.
 
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